Bad Hair Day

[kerravonsen]

This is a phrase I find difficult to comprehend. I understand the words separately, but it seems like nonsense when they are put together. Does this phrase actually mean what it appears to mean? The only meaning I can parse from it is that the state of one's hair (whatever "bad" hair means) determines the state of the day, for the entire day.

Are people really that dumb? Or am I missing something?

Comments

[jedibuttercup]

In my experience, when used to refer to an entire day, the phrase means a day that just goes wrong from moment one; as in, you get out of bed and attempt to put your hair in order for a long day at work, and it just won't cooperate, and you don't have time to make it cooperate because you have somewhere to be, and things just refuse to improve from there.

Does that make sense?

[kerravonsen]

Sort of, but it still seems strange to me.

[infiniteviking]

That's my interpretation too.